Self Knowledge Quotes

219 quotes by 167 authors

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. — Josh Billings
I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence,… — Susie Bright
I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot… — Oswald Chambers
This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself. — Juvenal
Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else… — Kripalvananda
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto… — Parker J. Palmer
A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth. — Barry Long
We must each achieve greater individual consciousness and self-knowledge, and project mindful kindness toward everything and everyone. — Bryant H. McGill
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
But in order to be strong, you have to love yourself, and in order to love yourself, you need thorough self-knowledge, you need to know… — Susanna Tamaro
Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself. — James Jeans
Science always goes abreast with the just elevation of the man, keeping step with religion and metaphysics; or, the state of science is an index… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only those works which are well-written will pass to posterity: the amount of knowledge, the uniqueness of the facts, even the novelty of the discoveries… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way. — Sebastian Coe
Characterization requires self-knowledge, insight into human nature . . . it is more than impersonation. — Leon Surmelian
I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge. — Bruce Lee
I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our… — Gretchen Rubin
Life is better lived than conceptualized. â€” This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of… — Bruce Lee

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